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Alberto Costa vs Gregor Poynton

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Alberto Costa
Alberto Costa
Con South Leicestershire
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Photograph of Gregor Poynton
Gregor Poynton
Lab Livingston

Voting alignment

Alberto Costa and Gregor Poynton voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 318 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 311 different votes 318 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
4 Aye 8 No
Benefits 17% aligned 12 shared votes
6 Aye 6 No
3 Aye 4 No
Migration 14% aligned 7 shared votes
3 Aye 4 No
6 Aye 5 No
Democracy / Parliament 9% aligned 11 shared votes
4 Aye 7 No
24 Aye 11 No
Crime / Justice 9% aligned 35 shared votes
10 Aye 25 No
31 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
Most different by topic
31 Aye 36 No
Tax 0% aligned 67 shared votes
36 Aye 31 No
8 Aye 23 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 31 shared votes
23 Aye 8 No
9 Aye 14 No
Education 0% aligned 23 shared votes
14 Aye 9 No
8 Aye 15 No
Housing 0% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
10 Aye 6 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
6 Aye 10 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

81.1%
8% above average
Rank 179 of 649
Participation
90.2%
18% above average
Rank 18 of 649
1,927
2,376 eligible divisions
Total votes
532
590 eligible divisions
912
47.3% of votes cast
Aye votes
270
50.8% of votes cast
1,015
52.7% of votes cast
No votes
262
49.2% of votes cast
9
0.5% of votes cast
Against party
0
0.0% of votes cast
11 years, 4 months
Since 7 May 2015
Commons service
2 years, 2 months
Since 4 Jul 2024

Debates

22
-59.8 vs Commons average
Rank 585 of 649
Appearances
3
-78.8 vs Commons average
Rank 634 of 649
23
-119.5 vs Commons average
Rank 594 of 649
Contributions
3
-139.5 vs Commons average
Rank 630 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£2,033,867
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£226,851
all imported IPSA years
£291,572
29% above average
Latest expenses
£226,851
same as average
29
7 registered categories
Registered interests
5
3 registered categories
3
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Brexit / EU
199 of 211 votes
#1
Work / Employment
39 of 39 votes
Foreign Affairs
64 of 69 votes
#2
Housing
32 of 32 votes
Environment / Climate
44 of 48 votes
#3
Devolution / Local Government
24 of 24 votes
Work / Employment
70 of 77 votes
#4
Democracy / Parliament
14 of 14 votes
Trade
80 of 91 votes
#5
Migration
13 of 13 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 11 Sept 2026
Aye
No
Closure motion 11 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Social Housing Bill [Lords]: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading 10 Sept 2026
Housing
No
No
Draft Plant Health, Seeds, Seed Potatoes and Plant Propagating Material (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 9 Sept 2026
Aye
Aye
Health Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 145 7 Sept 2026
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Third Reading 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
Aye
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 67 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
Aye
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 65 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Draft Trade Unions (Permissible Means of Voting) and Employment Rights (Unfair Dismissal) (Amendment) Order 2026 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Electronic and Workplace Ballots for Statutory Trade Union Ballots 15 Jul 2026
Trade Work / Employment
Aye
Where they voted the same
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
Aye
Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations) (Amendment) Order 2025 2 Jul 2025
Crime / Justice
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
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